You've probably done the sensible thing testing the T/A
Just don't drive an Abarth now or you will change your mind!
Just don't drive an Abarth now or you will change your mind!
I take it this is a serious response & not sarcasm?
Me too. My first and only brand new car was the worst i've owned. Numerous faults including airbags, coils, alternator belts & pulleys failing, electrical glitches, fuel supply problems. Plus it cost nearly £200 a month and had lost £4000-£4500 in 18 months.
Buying used means i can save thousands, pay less per month & hopefully rule out duff cars by looking at owner numbers (a 4 year old car with 4 owners has probably had 4 because it's awful).
Therefore as much as it'd be nice to have the latest plate or drive a car from new, i just remember how miserable my only new car made me feel, and that knocks abit of sence into me.
Well there's the fact that idiots think that a car with a newer plate on is worth more. We didn't buy the 500 with the plan of selling it but it's always nice to maximise the resale value of it where possible.
Why? Because idiots thing that a newer number is better? Idiots, FACT!a car with a newer plate is worth more. not idiotic. fact.
Why? Because idiots thing that a newer number is better? Idiots, FACT!
i was being serious
Sometimes facelift models look better and have improvements? What would be better with my car if it had a 59 plate rather than an 09 plate? NOTHINGIt's no more stupid than a facelift model being worth more just because the lights are a slightly different shape and the trim a bit different. Both are just indicators of the vehicle's age. They are devices used by the industry to gnerate demand and used by less sophisticated buyers to value cars.
Sometimes facelift models look better and have improvements? What would be better with my car if it had a 59 plate rather than an 09 plate? NOTHING
What I'm trying to say though is that the date of registration doesn't necessarily reflect the actual age of the car.As stated all things being equal younger cars are worth more. That's just the way it is. A number plate is an easy way to distinguish the age of a car.
Why is a 4 bedroom house worth more than a 2 bedroom house? If I'm living alone the only real difference between the 2 is one will cost more to heat and repair should anything significant happen to it.
Though I fear that's going a little too far off the original topic.
What I'm trying to say though is that the date of registration doesn't necessarily reflect the actual age of the car.
For instance our car was built in June 2009 and registered in July 09 on an 09 plate of course. But if we'd held on as some people do, it could have been on a 59 plate but wouldn't have been any younger than a car built in July and reg'd on an 09 plate. I've also seen a few cars around on Autotrader which were registered a couple of plates or years after the production run of that mark ended so plate is not an exact measure of the age of the car.
It's not unreasonable.
You could say the same thing about almost anything that affects value, particularly mileage where less wear and tear will be done by motorway miles than by school run miles, generally speaking.
The valuation of cars for most people (who have a life) is not an exact science where they research build dates atc. They will rely on basic readily understood and available information. Such as the plate. It's not unreasonable.
Thread revival..
Anyone gone from 1.4 to twinair ?
Any experience of that yet?